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Artificial intelligence (AI) is getting personal. Chatbots are designed to imitate human interactions, and the rise of realistic voice chat is leading many users to form聽聽or laugh along with聽.

And that鈥檚 before we get to the really intimate stuff.聽聽has shown that sexual roleplaying is one of the most common uses of ChatGPT, and millions of people interact with AI-powered systems designed as virtual companions, such as such as聽,听, and聽.

What does this mean for the future of (human) romance? The prospects are alarming.

The most prominent AI companion service is Replika, which allows some聽聽to create custom digital girlfriends (or boyfriends).

奥丑颈濒别听聽indicate most Replika users are male, Caucasian and under 30, other demographics are catching up. Male sex robots have been聽聽for some years. And they鈥檙e more than just vibrators with integrated jar openers.

For a subscription fee, users can exchange intimate messages or pictures with their AI partners. Over half a million users had subscribed before Replika temporarily聽聽its 鈥渆rotic roleplay鈥� module in early 2023, fearing regulatory backlash 鈥� a move that users dubbed 鈥�.鈥�

The Replika 鈥渓obotomy鈥� highlights a key feature of virtual companions: their creators have complete control over their behaviour. The makers of apps can modify or shut down a user鈥檚 鈥減artner鈥� 鈥� and millions of others 鈥撀�. These systems also read everything users say, to tailor future interactions and, of course, ads.

However, these caveats don鈥檛 appear to be holding the industry back. New products are proliferating. One company,听, now offers voice chats with up to ten virtual companions simultaneously.

The digital world isn鈥檛 the limit either. Sex doll vendors such as Joy Love Dolls offer聽, with not only customisable skin colour and breast size, but also 鈥渃omplete control鈥� of features including movement, heating, and AI-enabled 鈥渕oans, squeals, and even flirting from your doll, making her a great companion鈥�.

For now, virtual companions and AI sexbots remain a much smaller market than social media, with millions of users rather than billions. But as the history of the likes of Facebook, Google and Amazon has taught us, today鈥檚 digital quirks could become tomorrow鈥檚 global giants.

The availability of AI-driven relationships is likely to usher in all manner of ethically dubious behaviour from users who won鈥檛 have to face the real-world consequences.

Soon, you might satisfy any kink with your AI girlfriend for an extra fee. If your AI wife becomes troublesome, just ask the corporate overlord to deactivate her envy module 鈥� for a price, of course. Or simply delete her and start fresh with as many AI mistresses as you like in parallel.

The way people form relationships has already been disrupted by dating apps such as Tinder and Bumble.

What will happen if, in the future, people looking for love are competing against perfect synthetic lovers that are always available and horny? Well, at least they鈥檒l be able to create virtual replicas of those hot dates they didn鈥檛 land.

And for those who lack the skills to create their own virtual companions, there will be plenty of off-the-shelf alternatives.

础苍听聽revealed the use of generative AI to create fake influencers by manipulating women鈥檚 social media images is already widespread. This is generally done without consent to sell pornographic content. Much of this content depicts unattainable body ideals, and some depicts people who appear to be at best barely of consenting age.

Another likely application? Using AI sexbot technology to bring celebrities such as聽聽and Clara Bow back to life. After all, dead people cannot deny consent anymore.

Replika itself was inspired by its founder鈥檚 desire to聽聽through a chatbot. Many聽聽the app to聽. What a time to be alive (or dead)!

罢丑别听聽by inventive catfishers and dictators is alarming. Imagine the havoc if figures like Russia鈥檚 Vladimir Putin or North Korea鈥檚 Kim Jong-un harness this technology to complement their nations鈥� already extensive cyber-espionage operations.

Perhaps before long we will see corporations offering 鈥渞esponsibly sourced鈥� AI girlfriends for the more ethical consumer 鈥� organically grown from consensually harvested content, promoting socially acceptable smut.

With loneliness rising to epidemic levels 鈥� surveys suggest up to聽聽lack human connection 鈥� the demand for sexbots is only going to grow. Corporations will meet this demand unless society and the state set clear boundaries on what鈥檚 acceptable.

Sex and technology have always co-evolved. Just as prostitution is 鈥渢he oldest profession鈥�, porn sites are some of the聽. However, the dystopian potential of sexbots for mass-customised, corporate-controlled monetisation of our most intimate sphere is unprecedented.

Users aren鈥檛 entirely blameless, either. There鈥檚 something vicious about replacing a real human being with a totally submissive lust machine.

Early studies suggest聽聽is prevalent among users of this technology. Normalising harmful sexual behaviours such as rape, sadism or paedophilia is bad news for society.

However, going after users isn鈥檛 likely to be the best way to tackle the issue. We should treat sexbot use like other potentially problematic behaviours, such as gambling.

As with other problematic behaviours where the issue lies more with providers than users, it鈥檚 time to hold sexbot providers accountable. As our links to AI are growing ever more intimate, there鈥檚 not much time to waste.

This article originally appeared in .聽Raffaele F Ciriello is a聽Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems at the University of Sydney Business School.